JAPANESE FISHERY IMPORTS BY SELECTED SPECIES, JANUARY 2000
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                          Metric tons            Million yen     
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Fishery Products    Jan. 2000   Jan. 1999   Jan. 2000  Jan. 1999
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Live:
Eel, adult              1,292       1,107       1,029      1,862
Others                    550         518         628        589
Fresh
Pacific sockeye             -           -           -          -
Pacific coho                -           -           -          -
Other Pacific salmon       92         120          70         96
Atlantic salmon         2,098       1,733       1,401      1,175
Yellowfin tuna          2,909       2,806       2,028      2,021
Bluefin tuna              556         309       1,890        956
Bigeye tuna             2,021       2,128       1,624      1,705
Southern bluefin tuna      14          60          14         56
Sea bream                  74         108          68         97
Billfish                  131         153          92        118
Frozen                       
Swordfish                  96          44          74         35
Pacific sockeye         1,679         221         874        153
Pacific coho           15,271      10,984       8,556      6,077
Other Pacific salmon      621       3,495         196        516
Pink salmon             9,747       7,909       5,508      4,160
Atlantic salmon           722       1,317         322        711
Other salmon               80          21          37         11
Halibut                 2,811       1,925       1,016        735
Albacore tuna             122         268          28         45
Yellowfin tuna          7,688       5,449       1,937      1,738
Skipjack               11,445       6,505         670        607
Bluefin tuna              123          74         407        168
Bigeye tuna             7,811       7,926       6,412      5,663
Herring                 4,757       9,991         247        831
Cod                       725       1,723         172        443
Mackerel               20,585      30,613       2,421      4,469
Mero                      544         960         330        610
Jack mackerel          18,374      12,864       1,580      1,210
Sea bream                 486         197         130         49
Capelin                   603         442         194        170
Billfish                  449         416         114         76
Spanish mackerel          168         274          64        104
Rockfish                2,641       2,982         554        800
Sablefish                 583       1,246         552        994
Herring roe               314         420         149        262
Pollock roe               293         601         400        438
Mero, fillet              658       1,030         782      1,025
Swordfish, fillet         126          89          70         36
Pollock surimi          1,457       3,383         369        978
Cod Surimi                988         704         214        145
Threadfin bream         4,767       4,203         881        820
Salted/dried                 
Herring roe                55         101          29         69
Pollock roe               111         216         178        274
Salmon roe                208         264         527        661
Shellfish
Live
Sea urchin                467         401         355        335
Arkshell                  629         652         333        405
Live/fresh
Spiny lobster             162         176         465        447
King crab               1,706       1,341         792        713
Tanner crab             1,257         650         512        304
Blue crab                 120         190         211        289
Other crab                273         176         257        208
Oyster                  1,784         972       1,240        638
Clam                    2,410       2,172         526        457
Frozen                       
Spiny lobster             724         405       1,224        657
Lobster                   143          62         293         96
Shrimp                 21,271      24,956      22,752     27,766
King crab               2,029       4,218       3,011      4,971
Tanner crab               703       1,080         740        908
Blue crab                 613       1,018         267        493
Other crab                 75          82          31         53
European cuttlefish       737       1,090         304        460
Octopus                 4,509       9,687       1,177      4,806
Scallop                    21           6          16          4
Other cuttlefish        2,344       2,691       1,331      1,683
Squid                     330       1,536          53        256
Abalone                    30          17          76         75
Salted/dried                 
Squid                     128          86          89         73
Sea urchin roe             38          38         163        166
Jellyfish                 718         520         291        232
Seaweed, dried            469         461         272        304
Seaweed, salted           473         452          41         34
Prepared                     
Eel                     4,975       5,702       5,180      8,813
Canned crab                 7          34          13         28
Fish meal              32,055      12,627       1,839      1,083
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N/A - Not available; - = no imports

Source:  NMFS, Long Beach, CA
Contact:  Sunee C. Sonu

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